15 iPhone Apps You Can Use with Your Kids

IPhone Apps For Kids

You’re witnessing the wonders of technology through your iPhone with its multi- capability to function as a video camera, a camera phone, a portable media player, Internet with email and web browsing. It can also send messages through texting and receiving voicemail with its Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. Knowing more about iPhone, you can use appropriate apps at home and with the family. There are more than 15 iPhone apps you can use with your kids.

Four Primary Functions of the iPhone

By pressing the home button, you will be directed to the main screen and choose from four primary functions: phone (cellular phone service) mail (email access including pictures and other capabilities); web (browser) and iPod (music and videos).

15 iPhone Apps you Can Use with your Kids

As of today, there are already more than 60,000 apps released with around 300 application released each day. The versatility of iPods makes its application not only fun but educational for kids. IPhone apps and games are good for kids in all levels.

1. World of Goo. Kids will help the goo balls explore its bizarre and beautiful world. This game involves haunting and lots of challenges in inventive physics.

2. My Bird World is an interactive bird learning app where the kid’s knowledge about birds is tested.

3. Where’s My Water? Deep under the city street lays an alligator named Swampy. He needs water for his bath. Kids have to swipe away dirt from the water, drain away the poison and deliver it.

4. Millie’s Book of Tricks and Treats is like a Halloween experience in every page. Read the story to your young ones before bedtime.

5. My Play Home is an application for all ages as kids will enjoy discovering many interactive features in a multi-layer doll’s app.

6. Moron Test HD is an IQ test for reflexes and quick thinking.

7. Shape-O! ABC’s is an educational game that allows preschoolers and toddlers get to fix jigsaw puzzle with alphabets.

8. Playtime Theater is an interactive play set that provides children the props, sound effects and characters to record short video clips or shows.

9. Little Things is about hidden picture app that is both challenging and exciting.

10. Spot the Dot is a visually appealing app that helps your toddler identify colors and practice fine mobile activities.

11. The Zoo for iPhone works like a talking animal board book for language learning.

12. The Monster at the End of the Book is about Grover, the blue monster, doing his thing for fun and learning.

13. A Duck in New York City. Your kid can choose the way you would like to follow of a little duck from the prairie that dreams of going to New York and dancing on Broadway.

14. Tell Santa Claus is a new app for the Season, instead of asking what the family wants for Christmas, they can tell directly to Santa Claus.

15. Three Little Pigs. Teach your children the significance of not being lazy with colorful illustrations and storytelling.

Author Bio:

Aside from these 15 iPhone apps you can use with your kids, there more games and found in this website. These apps will not only keep your kids busy but will help them learn important lessons in the activity.

Frank Anderson is a games and technology blogger.

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The Difference between Analog and IP Phone Systems

How many people do you know who prefer text messaging as their primary means of communication? Let’s take it one step further. How many people do you know who still use a landline for the bulk of their phone calls?

IP phone systems have redefined the way we interact with one another, making the cost of communication exponentially cheaper than it was even five years ago. But more than that, web-based communication provides a significantly higher value in terms of overall service, integrating an entire range of communication tools into a device that fits into the palm of your hand and, more importantly, goes wherever you do.

So how do the two stack up?

Steve Jobs vs. Alexander Graham Bell

Around since 1876, analog equipment results in a system that’s essentially locked. It requires both a professional to install and often one to maintain. Adding an extension onto an analog phone system is complex and requires you to already have wiring in place or create a separate run for each extension. Yet all too often, companies continue to operate on this archaic system.

In fact, it’s not uncommon to find medium to large businesses with dozens of analog lines that are no longer in use. And the cost of these unused lines may be running a pretty hefty bill since, in most instances, you pay a monthly fee for the connection itself. Examples include:

·         Office extensions (both occupied and vacant)

·         Cordless phones

·         Conference room speakerphones

·         Fax machines

·         Modems

The primary reasons many companies cite for maintaining an outdated system are upgrade costs and employee retraining. But after factoring in the cost of long-distance and international calling on an analog system, including changes incurred by traditional fax machines, replacement costs would be a wash if not substantially less than the savings when amortized over a set period of time.

This is further highlighted by the extreme functionality of an IP-based platform.

The Truth behind IP Technology

IP phone systems allow you to use technologically-advanced calling features essentially for free, including call forwarding, call waiting, voicemail, caller ID, call transfers and three-way calling. Plus, most have an auto-answer integrated into the system that allows for personalized messaging.

But IP phone systems are far more than just voice. They seamlessly combine the full functionality of web-based communications, incorporating many of the popular Windows applications as well as e-mail, text messing and IM into a single unified interface.

This feature alone makes the upgrade worth it as IP systems provide a wealth of customer data and other critical information your staff needs right at their fingertips. In doing so, it saves them the time of having to consult multiple systems just to handle a single request, instantly delivering a noticeable degree of streamlined efficiency across your entire organization.

The convenience, portability and advanced features of VoIP make it a benefit for any business – from local ‘mom and pops’ to multinational corporations. In addition to the considerable cost savings, it also provides the range of platforms that time-strapped customers are beginning to demand. If you want to remain competitive, it’s definitely worth considering.

Please pass your feedback & suggestions through comments :)

About the author: Sylvia is a web content writer who connects with business professionals to write articles on a variety of telecom technologies.

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Aakash Ubislate 7 Tablet- A Revolutionary Tablet Launched by Indian Govt. for 35$

A Tablet for every individual, a revolution in the world of tablets has just recently released in India known as Aakash Tablet (Previously its prototype named as Sakshat Tablet). Aakash (which means sky in Hindi) Tablet is made by the UK-based company DataWind in collaboration with IIT Rajasthan (DataWind is a leading developer of wireless web access products and service providers owned by a Suneet Singh Tuli, a Canadian of Indian descent), but it will be assembled at DataWind India, its new production plant in Hyderabad, India. It will be totally an Indian tablet, there is not at all Chinese relations.

What is a Tablet?

Everyone is talking about the tablets; actually we’re in the world of tablets now, the world of big and heavy computers has gone now. Do you known what exactly a tablet is? I am not talking about medicines; it is related to the world of gadgets. A Tablet is basically a small personal computer(PC), equipped with a rotatable touchscreen as input device, and it runs on Operating Systems like Windows, Mac OS or Android. It has nearly all the key features of a standard PC, the main difference between a tablet and a PC is that you can keep a tablet in your pocket, while you can’t keep a PC.
The Indian government has managed well to keep up its promise to Indians students about pricing the Aakash tablet as less as possible. As we have seen a lot of ups and down in its price because of its manufacturing, design cost, but now its basic version Aakash tablet will be available at $35 for students across India and commercial version Ubislate 7 tablet will be priced at $60 for everyone at retails store.
The $35 Aakash tablet is the most anticipated tablet of the world; it is the world cheapest and most affordable tablet. It is the best example of India’s innovative and creative minds.

Aakash Tablet Specifications and Features

Aakash Ubislate 7 Android tablet is powered with a 366 MHz Connexant Processor, runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. Below are the full list of Aakash Hardware and Software. It weighs only 350 grams and it comes with a 1 year warranty.

Aakash Tablet Hardware

• Display and Screen Resolution- 7-inch Multi-touch Resistive Touchscreen with screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixel
• CPU- 366 MHz, HD video, Connexant Processor, and Graphics Accelerator
• RAM- 256MB
• Wi-Fi enabled (802.11 a/b/g) and GPRS (3G support via Dongle)
• Mini and Full USB
• SIM card slot and miniSD card slot
• 3.5 mm Headset jack
• Storage- 2 GB of onboard memory with expandable up to 32 GB microSD memory card
• Battery- Rechargeable non-removable lithium-polymer battery with Solar charging option.
• Stand By Time- 2 or 3 hours at one stretch.

Aakash Tablet Software

• OS- Android 2.2 operating system
• Web browsing, video conferencing, PDF viewer, Text editor
• Documents formats- DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
• Image formats- PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF
• Audio formats- MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
• Video formats- MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
• Web browser – Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
• Separate application for online YouTube video
• Over 1.5 lakh applications

Aakash Tablet Launch

Aakash tablet has been developed as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology which aims to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities on the subcontinent in an e-learning program.
Basic Version of the Aakash tablet for students will come in partnership with Aircel which would provide SIM cards which can then be used for accessing the internet through the 3G network and it also features telephony to make and receive calls over GSM band.

Aakash Tablet Price and Availability

The Aakash Tablet has been manufactured and designed completely in India. The Indian government is buying 100,000 tablets from DataWind for INR 2,250 (USD$45) per unit and will be available to students across India. The Indian Government hopes to deliver 10 million tablets at a target price of INR 1,750 (USD$35) per unit.
Commercial version of Aakash tablet named as Aakash Ubislate 7 tablet will be available from November for INR 3000 (USD$60) recently announced by Datawind. It will come with added features like an In-built cellular modem and SIM to access internet. You will be able to buy Ubsilate 7 tablet online or in retail stores from November.

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Top 10 Applications For Nokia 5530/5800/X6/N97

Here are the top 10 Applications for Nokia Symbian 60 v5 based phones like Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800, Nokia X6, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini.

10) Y-Browser – The ultimate File Manger for Symbian based phones developed by Dr. Jukka. Even though the inbuilt File Manager of Symbian phones is quite good, Y-Browser just takes managing files on your phone to the next level. Y-Browser even allows access to System Drives of a Symbian phone which the inbuilt File Manager lacks. Dr. Jukka has even made many plugins, for Y-Browser like the ability to open and edit text files from within Y-Browser and so on. You can download Y-Browser from here.

9) Google Maps – Google Maps from Google is a must have application for your phone. Nowadays, all the latest symbian phones feature an inbuilt GPS chip, Google Maps takes advantage of it and the cellphone towers to pin point your location and to guide you through your city. Even though Nokia phones comes with Ovi Maps pre-installed, Google Maps just blows it away with a better detailed map of your city. The Layers and Street View features of Google Maps act as an icing on the cake. You can download Google Maps by going to m.google.com from your mobile phone web browser.

8) Handy Taskman – The inbuilt task manager of S60 smartphones is quite limited. It does not show the amount of free RAM, process running in the background etc. This is where Handy Taskman comes in. Not only does Handy Taskman shows the amount of free RAM, it even allows you to kill process or applications which might have hung. Handy Taskman also features a ‘Favorites’ tab where you can create a list of your frequently used applications for quick access to them. Here is a link to Handy Taskman official product page.

7) Nokia Messaging – This has to be the ultimate email Messaging client for Nokia phones. Nokia Messaging has Kinetic scrolling, can display mails in HTML, and on top of that, the push email feature works like a charm. The only thing missing in Nokia Messaging is the ability to view your mails in Fullscreen, and the developers have said that they will add this feature in the next build of Nokia Messaging. You can download Nokia Messaging by pointing your phones web browser to email.nokia.com

6) Bright Light – Most of the smartphones come equipped with at least a Single LED Flash to aid photography in the night. Not many people click pictures from their smartphones and so the LED flash is left unused. With Bright Light one can use the LED Flash of the phone as a torch. The application has  a very simple interface like a On/Off “Switch”. The ability to use the LED flash of your phone as a torch is very handy and thus, this application is a must have for your phone. Bright Light is available for free download at the Ovi Store.

5) Quickoffice – Quickoffice has been one of the most popular office editing suites for Nokia smartphones for quite a few years now. Quickoffice version 6 was recently launched which added support for S60v5 based devices, support for docx, pptx files. Thanks to Quickoffice, editing documents on your mobile phone is nothing but a treat! You can download Quickoffice by going to www.quickoffice.com

4) Opera Mobile/Mini –The webkit based browser of Nokia S60v5 phones is quite good, but it lacks many features like multiple tab support, crashes randomly etc. This is where Opera Mobile/Mini – one of the most popular Mobile phone web browser comes in. Opera Mobile in its latest version (v10, which is still under beta) has went through a complete makeover. Opera Mobile now features a more touch friendly UI, the ability to open multiple tabs, inbuilt download manager and some nice animations as well. Opera Mini is the same as Opera Mobile, except that Opera Mini is a Java software while Opera Mobile is a native symbian web browsing software. Visit opera.com from your phone’s web browser to download Opera Mobile/Mini for your phone.

3) S60Tickr – One of the most useful applications for Symbian phones I ever came across is S60Tickr. As the name suggests S60Tickr is a Ticker which hovers on the screen when you get a new message or a new email. This application comes in pretty useful when you are busy reading some article on your phone and you receive a new sms. Just by glancing at the Tickr you can understand whether the message is an important one or not, and act accordingly. S60Tickr is available for a free download here.

2) Best Profiles – Best Profiles allows you to make your phone location aware and time aware. Best Profiles gives you the ability to automatically change profiles at a certain period of time during the day, or when you reach a certain place. Eg. – Best Profiles will automatically change the profile to Silent Mode when you reach your College or School. Not only this, Best Profiles also allows you to launch applications when a certain profile is activated or during certain hours of the day. The possibilities of what a user can do with this application are just limitless. You can download a trial version of Best Profiles from here.

1) Gravity – Twitter is the next big “thing” in social networking. People are soon realizing the potential of Twitter and hopping onto it. Chances are, many of the readers of this article might be on twitter as well. Gravity is a native Symbian twitter client. The interface of Gravity is simply gorgeous. The developer of Gravity, @janole, has also added many other features to Gravity, like Kinetic Scrolling, Drafts Section etc. Gravity also gives you the ability to update your Facebook Status. At 10$, Gravity is one must have application if you are on Twitter. Here is a link to Gravity’s official product page

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Download Official Twitter for iPhone App [Free]

The official twitter app for iPhone/iPod touch is finally released and available for Free download. This is the Tweetie app which was acquired by twitter and is now renamed to Twitter with a bunch of new stuff added to it.

• Discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world with the official Twitter for iPhone app.
• Realtime search, Top Tweets, trending topics and maps show what’s happening now everywhere and nearby.
• Tweet, send DMs, share photos, videos and links to your friends and the world.

New Features -

• Search has been reorganized, now you can search all tweets and find users in the same spot, view Top Tweets and Browse Suggested users.
• Search results now include Top Tweets, try it with Trends…winner combo!
• You can now use Twitter without an account! Search, Browse uses, view trends and top tweets.
• Sign-up is now available within the application as well, complete with Suggested user list.
• More tab has been re-organized to accomplish all this. Users with one account can add a second account under the Accounts and Settings button here.
• Retweet have been moved to the main actions bar.

Download Twitter Official iPhone App

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MyPhoneExplorer – Sony Ericsson mobile phone manager

I was unable to install Sony Ericsson PC Suite on Windows 7. So, I have found a perfect tool which provides the best alternative to SE PC Suite. It’s small and simple to use.

 MyPhoneExplorer is a free tool to manage files of any Sony ericsson mobile phone. I found it very simple to use, just install the software and connect your phone. Then, open File menu and select Connect. You can also add more than one phone to it using users option.

Its Advanced features lets you:

• Connect your phone via cable, Bluetooth or infrared.
• Sync your phone data like contacts, messages, call history, calendar, notes, tasks.
• Transfer, manage or delete files, images, themes, music, videos.
• Create a backup of contacts (phone & SIM), events and tasks, notes, SMS (phone & SIM)
• Monitor phone status like signal strength, battery charging, firmware version, etc.
• Works in Phone mode (No need to power off phone).

Download MyPhoneExplorer Free  (Size: 3.8 MB)

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Tips to Extend the Battery Life of Your Mobile Devices

Your mobile phone is one of your most important mobile devices. If you want to extend its battery life, here are some of the things that you should do:

1. Avoid using other battery extensive features like playing games, taking pictures, or simply tinkering around with the phone.
2. Turn off the vibrate mode of your phone, at least for a while. If you can, switch your phone to ’silent.’
3. Switch your phone to GSM mode if you won’t be using other bands like 3G and UMTS.
4. Lower the contrast or brightness of your phone’s display screen.
5. If you use a smartphone, close unnecessary applications.
6. Turn off wireless services such as bluetooth and WiFi unless you really need them.
7. Turn your phone off if you’re in an area with no signal for a long period of time.
8. Keep the battery cool and don’t leave it in the sun.

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Fresh JAVA games

Fresh JAVA games | 6 java | English | size : 9 mb

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Halloween
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Poker with Nancy
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